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country abounding with this wood : it is 
conveyed by water to Markamousa, and from 
thence carried, by land, to the Shelehsa, by 
which it goes down the Dvina to Archangel. 
The Iksa, Sintuga, Kosha, Mituga, and 
Kodena, are small rivulets, full of rapids 
and stones. 
Division of Inland Communication belonging to 
the Northern Dvina. 
The Dvina, one of the largest rivers in Europe, 
with its different branches, is deserving of 
particular attention. It is navigable, and a 
great traffic is carried thereon, and the 
streams that fall into it, to Archangel, the 
only port in possession of Russia till the 
eighteenth century. It empties itself into 
the White Sea, by five different channels; 
two of these only are navigable. 
Rivers falling into the Dvina. 
The Pinega: timber is floated down this river. 
Vitzegda: into this river falls the Northern 
Keltma, which it was intended to unite with 
a southern river of the same name, that joins 
the Kama. ( Vide “ The Section concerning 
the navigation of the Volga .”) A Canal,. 
